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Tips & Tricks
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A column from NAME contributors featuring tips and tricks for the miniaturist. Click here for this month's tips and tricks for exhibiting.
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Your
Miniature
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Click here to read an article about National Dollhouse Month and NAME Day.
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The History
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Click here to read about the beginnings of this organization.
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 Hurry in, this exhibit ends November 11th!
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 You could win this Real Good Toys Dollhouse plus a $100 Gift Card to Miniature Memories! Tickets available at the museum. Winner announced 12/15/12.
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 Enjoy the museum decorated for the season, holiday craft projects and musical performances. Click on the image for program details.
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 2010-2011
Annual Report
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 Help us get to
1,000 Likes by the end of the year!
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October 2012 issue no. 12
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Greetings!
It has been a fascinating year publishing The Mini Times and partnering with NAME to bring you great features from the big world of small delights. In the coming year, we'll broaden our reach so that many more readers can enjoy the treats we have in store. With next year's NAME convention in Tucson, July 11-14, we are anticipating a busy year ahead filled with many new friends and a flurry of activities. Huge thanks go to NAME members who have provided great stories, tips and other valuable information to our readers this year!
It's International Dollhouse and Miniature month in addition to that spooky time of year when we wear disguises and pretend to our heart's content. The combination of miniatures and Halloween just seems to be perfectly matched for fun and we've filled this issue with mystery, fantasy, fright and all the morbid details. We hope you'll treasure the tiny Retablo How-To and be amazed by The Hatchling Apprentice featured in Minis Magnified. Be sure to catch our Murder at the Brownstone video too. It's sure to keep the country guessing for many months to come in our first ever whodunit by Pat Arnell.
Special gratitude goes to super sleuth and Mini Times editor Gentry Spronken, contributors Lisa Hastreiter-Lamb, Leslie Hopwood and Emily Wolverton, and to the fabulous TMTM Video Production Unit staffed by Walter Arnell and Peter Tesluk. Our guest video directors this year included Lisa Hastreiter-Lamb, Dorana Lopez, Gentry Spronken and Emily Wolverton. Special thanks to our stars, Pete Acquisto, Pat Arnell, Madelyn Cook, Era Pearce, Connie Sauve, George Stuart, Brooke Tucker and the illustrious voice of Jay Ferrell.
Have a very Happy Halloween and a glorious holiday season. For all our readers on the east coast, we have you in our thoughts and prayers as you recover from an historic storm. Be well, and best wishes from everyone at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures!
Nina Daldrup
Executive Director
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TMTM Presents:
Murder at The Brownstone
In 1942 a murder took place at the brownstones on Dayvewood Avenue. The case was mysteriously closed before the murderer was identified. This crime still remains unsolved. Based on the fictional story by The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures founder, Patricia C. Arnell.
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Why Miniatures: Mysteries and Miniatures
Why Miniatures is a monthly column written by TMTM Executive Director, Nina Daldrup, exploring the human connection with miniatures.
"What one man can invent, another can discover." Click here to read the rest of this article
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Miniatures at Large:
Morbidity in Miniature
Miniatures at Large is a new column examining the broad appeal of miniatures. Written by TMTM Director of Marketing, Gentry Spronken.
"...before technology propelled forensic science forward by leaps and bounds, good sleuthing relied most heavily on the powers of observation." Click here to read the rest of this article
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Minis Magnified
Minis Magnified is a monthly in-depth look at one of the miniatures in our collection written by our very own Museum Services Manager, Emily Wolverton. This month, we will look at the Hatchling Apprentice.
"Perhaps the most wonderful part of Halloween at the museum is in the rediscovery of our fantastical, eerie miniature scenes - giving them a well-deserved spotlight during this spine-tingling time of year." Click here to read the rest of this article
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How To
The Mini Time Machine's How To projects are created by Associate Director and Director of Education, Lisa Hastreiter-Lamb. Each project is designed for the beginning miniature maker with easy to find materials.
Click here for a pdf of this month's project: How to Create a Matchbox Retablo.
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No Time Like the Present
With uncertainty about changes in income tax laws and deductions in 2013, there is no better opportunity than now to make the charitable donation you may have been considering.
Cash, a popular gift option, may be earning less than 1% in a savings or money market account, and could yield the donor immediate federal income tax savings of 35% or more of the amount donated.
Those who were fortunate to have purchased stock at rock bottom prices during the recession have seen these shares more than double in value in recent months. A gift of appreciated securities to the museum allows you to deduct the appreciated value of the stock up to 30% of your gross income, carrying over any excess for up to five subsequent years, and there is no tax on your capital gain.
Thank you!
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This will be the last issue of The Mini Times in this format. But don't worry, we will continue to deliver articles and tutorials designed to engage people around the world with the art of miniatures! In the spirit of NAME's motto, "Only through sharing can we really enjoy our treasures", we will be merging some of the most popular features of The Mini Times with our monthly E-News so that they may be enjoyed by a larger audience.
Going forward, our monthly E-News will contain premium content in addition to information about upcoming events and programs. Members will automatically receive E-News and will no longer have to remember a login and password to access archived issues. Archives will now reside on the Resources page under the Education tab on our website. Additionally, Minis Magnified, How To's and Videos all have a place on our website- right at your fingertips.
Your terrific response to this content has been gratifying.Thank you for joining us on our mission to preserve and promote the art of miniatures!
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The Mini Times is a members-only publication. Please help us retain this exclusivity for members and do not forward or share the content in this email. Thank you for your support.
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